Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Hong Tian Kui - 紅天葵 - (Zi Bei Tian Kui - 紫背天葵 ) - Herba Begoniae Fimbristipulatae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Begoniae Fimbristipulatae
Common English:	Tea Begonia

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet (Acrid)	Cool (Cold)	Liver Stomach	3-15g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Breaks up Blood Stasis, Cleares Heat, Cools the Blood, Invigorates the Blood, Resolves toxicity	Lung Heat with cough, trauma, pain from Blood Stasis, toxic sores, irregular menses, vaginal discharge, rheumatism, Internal and External injuries from impacts, hemoptysis, metrorrhagia, bronchitis, inflammation of the pelvic area, dysentery caused by amoebic infection, bleeding from external injuries, scrofula

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with Yin-type boils.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua
Boils and other sores.

Notes

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.